efiggflz‘uzr euer e‘fir "mr during england and island you can shove your backstop up your... are we allowed to say such weights on the bbc? we can find theresa may reigniting the split and in the absence of the so—called alternative arrangements, very unclear how she is going to get her party back on side. we are told that she will request the re—opening of the withdrawal agreement to tweak the backstop but we do not think it will go down very well. the sources according to the guardian suggesting they did not expect a warm reception. is going to be a bit tricky and only yesterday, hilary then he came out and said that there is no suggestion that the withdrawal agreement can be opened and labour is pushing for a complete

renegotiation so everyone seems to think that this thing can be treated considerably but actually this is an issue on whether this will be tinkering that can be achieved or not. the suggestion is that the backstop has been a fundamental part of the negotiations so far that really can anything be done? you have to wonder if they do manage to get something through, the dup for example who have been this crucial group involved in the agreement with the government, if they did not back at at all, what happens to that post if we ever get to this process and and what happens to any chances of legislation... the next vote looming in the back of the prime minister's mind isa in the back of the prime minister's mind is a menacing quote here from one european research group, she knows what she has promised us, even if she did not mean what we said, we do. it should have a cat being

stripped or something. and as with david cameron, the euro sceptics are never satisfied. you get them a hand ofa never satisfied. you get them a hand of a compromise and a being and ask for more and if she could get concessions on the backstop which looks very difficult, there is no guarantee that she will actually be able to corral her ready to back the deal which means she needs to persuade labour mps to back the deal which is essentially the challenge facing her. daily telegraph leading on brexit and insist that the backstop is here to stay and they are outlining the three options that are outlining the three options that are still on the table, and end date, the mulhouse compromise, with the free trade agreement of some kind and of course the idea that

there are these three options are from our perspective but not the eu perspective. and i think angela merkel only yesterday said we want to know what the uk want and this is the sort of problem that keeps going around, show us what you actually wa nt around, show us what you actually want and we can will tell you if you can get it but in the middle of that you have people say we will not talk about it at all. i am sure people i know must be exasperated, we are in this world and we are getting fed up with it. but it is getting beyond ridiculous. and westminster today there were people suggesting that if actually just there were people suggesting that if actuallyjust a bit of knitting can come you might see some of the harder line folk, who might move the bed andl harder line folk, who might move the bed and i can be enough to move some others but it is so much posturing and no one really knows and eu leaders say can you come and tell us what you want. before moving on, the difference between these two

articles is that in the guardian accessories and may says... and discussions of a delay pushing the march 29 except to may 2a and went to make there are some and pro—men who take the view that even if theresa may's here is back next week and it is unlikely to be but if it is, the sheer volume of legislation they need to get through before march 29 is so vast that it is hard to see how you can avoid some type of extension but the question is whether you can leave the eu and time to avoid the european elections which are in june time to avoid the european elections which are injune and that is an impending deadline. we that thought hanging and we'll go to tech now driverless ca rs hanging and we'll go to tech now driverless cars on uk roads by the end of the year. something with a definite date on it i might brexit so definite date on it i might brexit so what are they saying we will see?

there is a suggestion that actually the government is looking at scrapping the requirement to a dedicated safety driver and it is able issue around the first advance trials on public roads but i do not know, i worry about this. there is pa rt of know, i worry about this. there is part of me who likes a drink of it that weekend and thinks it would be great not to worry about getting somewhere but there is something about the later teen years of learning to drive and having your first car and all of that that i feel a bit unnerved. a rite of passage. i feel sad that my son does not have to go through the whole process of going to school the next day when you do your a—levels and lie about whether you had the task. i think there is, it is an interesting thing and there is a suggestion here that some of the concerns from some of the consulting companies involved and this is that

actually despite the suggestion they think it could be another ten years or so think it could be another ten years or so until driverless cars take off. safety is a key because any event there might be problems there will be such a backlash and when we saw the incident with the self grabbing huber in arizona with a woman killed, there were lots of concern woman killed, there were lots of concern about what happened there. —— self driving uber. concern about what happened there. -- self driving uber. people always focus on isolated incidents and there is no room for error and this is also a political issue for the government in terms of the messenger because i remember it when the last budgets, philip hammond was to a visit to the driverless cars and then changed at the last minute because he wanted to avoid the jokes. with the times they also had a story about social media executives possibly held personally liable for content that is harmful

to children and vulnerable people in the wake of the death of molly russell who took her own life after seeing disturbing things on histograms and the suggestion that you run these companies you could be responsible yourself a people come to harm. this is a defining debate of ourtime, our to harm. this is a defining debate of our time, our platform such as facebook and twitter publishers as some who want to change the law on you or are they simply platforms to host individual‘s content that they are responsible for. they have a minister here, raising the possibility that some could face arrest and imprisonment. the test really is this tough rhetoric for friday? reflected with tough talk from ministers on social media in yea rs from ministers on social media in years but not much change and practise. it is taking that little

bit further and actually this is a problem that the government are talking a lot about but they need to go over the line now and do something serious because the problem is growing immensely and when i have a ten—year—old son who has a when i have a ten—year—old son who hasa fun when i have a ten—year—old son who has a fun and does not use it all the time that even he is trying to get onto sites and i will not let him have an account on things because he is too young but even on what's app and discussions he's had with friends, you know children i will get this and i will get that and you recognise, you have to explain to your children that some of the stuff is not real and it is children boasting or suggesting things. that isjust on how it plays into the mind and when you get into the realm of dark stuff where children are seeing how to hurt themselves and kill themselves... it isa themselves and kill themselves... it is a problem so out that i have the government will do something really strong actually. taking a look at the daily mail one of two papers that looks at the issue of drinking

and our relationship with booz. we are apparently sobering up and being mature according to the mall. we saw the rise of fewer young people drinking and fewer young people going to pubs and arguably it is because they are still immersed in that social media at that there are plenty of other distractions. and sources of entertainment to perhaps alcohol feels less essential? but the flip side to this is that alcohol—related alcohol admissions have risen so overall people are drinking less but in particular groups we are seeing drinking less but in particular groups we are seeing more severe problems. the headlines very because the daily mail has the fact that we are separate but the other goes with deaths caused by alcohol reached record high. and it is suggested between 55 and 64 heavier drinkers

need more treatments of people who think that their tolerance levels are higher but actually are probably drinking firmware and therefore are causing other health related problems. but it is interesting a lot of the research over many years are suggesting younger people are not drinking anywhere near as much and are doing other things. it is still an obvious worry and things like heart disease and liver disease and cancerand like heart disease and liver disease and cancer and dementia are areas of most concern. but probably go to any and me over the weekend and you will see people who probably had too much. and hopefully our relationship with this are improving. half a minute and on the guardian a picture of margaret thatcher statue but there is some concern about it. margaret thatcher to put it mildly polarises opinion so it would be a natural target but anyway it is

seeing herface on natural target but anyway it is seeing her face on the front of it, it feels like people still live in her shadow and there are desire for tory mps for theresa may... there will still be as shadow and a half going around. she will tower over the whole area. the shadow of brexit we start and end with it. that's it for the papers this hour. don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it's all there for you, 7 days a week at bbc.co.uk/papers and if you miss the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you, george eaton and jo tanner. we'll be back for a longer look at the papers in the next hour. now time for the weather. good morning, as heavy rain clears its way west into east over the next couple of hours we could start wednesday on a pretty murky note but it will be largely dry and bright. the exception to that is perhaps the far southeast corner as the front is still close to —— slow to clear

away. a murky start across central and southern england and the shower he outbreaks of rain and best of the brightness of further north and a south—westerly breeze will drive showers into the northern island and some of those will push a little bit further and learned as we go through the day. coming through the south—westerly not just cold the day. coming through the south—westerly notjust cold as it has been, highest values of seven to 11 degrees. there is potentialfor the rain to pep up a bit into the southeast corner during the latter stages of wednesday and into the early hours of thursday. a bit of a mess the start of thursday as another front squeezes in and that could bring some snow the higher ground, perhaps during the early hours. so some early morning snow to clear away from the highlands. behind it, though, thursday should be a bright and breezy affair for many, and again that westerly wind driving in showers on those exposed west—facing coasts. but again, it will be a largely mild day, 5—10 degrees for the high. we see more of a significant change to the weather story as we move into friday.

an area of low pressure will start to push in from the atlantic and you can see where that low, plenty of isobars and squeezed together, the winds are going to be a feature, especially on the southern flank of the low as it moves through. it will also bring some rain in, some quite heavy for a time, as it moves its way steadily north, particularly through northern ireland, northern england and scotland. as i say, on the southern flank, will see some strong winds, too. strongest of the winds in the morning, but by the middle of the weekend, we could see gusts of winds in excess of 50 mph on exposed southwest coasts. -- 60 —— 60 mph. so, despite the cloud, the wind and the rain, it is still going to be a largely mild days on the thermometer and your temperatures are going to range between 9—12 degrees. now the area of a low pressure will move its way steadily north and east for the start of the weekend, but it certainly worth bearing in mind that the end of this week will be mild and windy with gust of wind potential in excess of 50 miles an hour and a, yes, there's going to be some rain at time. take care.

this is bbc news, i'm rachel schofield. the headlines at 11:00pm: on a visit to belfast, theresa may assures business leaders the government would prevent any return to a hard border between northern ireland and the republic. northern ireland does not have to rely on the irish government or the european union to prevent a return to the borders of the past. the uk government will not let that happen. four children are killed in a house fire in the middle of the night in stafford. another toddler and two adults were injured after leaping from a first—floor window to escape the flames. mr neeson, are you sorry for what you said? the actor liam neeson denies he is a racist, after recalling how he wanted kill any black man, following the rape of a friend 40 years ago.